Eight New Priests to be Ordained in Sydney!

On the eve of his ordination into the priesthood by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, Seminarian Sam Lynch admits it's been a long journey but one that fills him with immense joy. "At age 42, I have finally found what I was made for," he says.

On Saturday, 4 August, Sam will be one of eight seminarians to be ordained into the priesthood by Cardinal Pell. Numbers entering the priesthood have undergone a resurgence in the past few years. Throughout the 1980s and 90s numbers declined. But the trend has now been reversed with a sharp increase in ordinations into the priesthood.